Neal: Politicians need to learn who they represent

1:07 PM,
Aug. 4, 2014

Written by

Danny Neal
Shreveport

Back in the '70s, the Equal Rights Amendment (ERA) was making its way through the various states' legislatures. It never reached the required 38 states for passage. In one of the southeastern states, which never approved the amendment, there was a state representative that strongly believed in the ERA and desperately wanted to see it passed. However, the people that she represented were opposed to it. However, even though she strongly believed in the ERA, she voted no because that is what the people that she represented wanted.